HAVE BEEN BUSY ALL DAY FIGHTING GRASS FIRES. EVEN WITH BURN BANS ACROSS THE AREA - CREWS ARE READY TO GO IF A FIRE SPARKS. 40/29's EMILY MAHER FOUND OUT WHAT KIND OF EQUIPMENT CREWS USE TO TACKLE THOSE TYPES OF QUICK-MOVING FIRES. SHE CONTINUES OUR LIVE TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT. THESE ARE SOME OF THE WORST CONDITIONS FOR FIRES. DRY GRASS, JUST LIKE THIS, COMBINED WITH THE WIND WE'VE HAD ALL WEEKEND MAKES IT EASY FOR FIRES TO SPREAD. BUT WHAT IF A FIRE TRUCK CAN'T GET TO THE FLAMES? WE FOUND OUT WHAT CREWS USE TO TACKLE HARD TO REACH BRUSH FIRES. (SOT Capt. Michael Bronner, Springdale Fire Dept.) "it's a Hummer, has a pump on it" THIS IS BRUSH ONE. (SOT Capt. Michael Bronner, Springdale Fire Dept.) "basically what we use it for is it's a four-wheel drive utility vehicle and it's able to access areas that our bigger fire trucks are unable to get to" (nat fire truck) CREWS SAY BRUSH ONE USUALLY GETS USED ABOUT ONCE A WEEK. (nats truck) BUT, WHEN CONDITIONS ARE DRY AND FIRES ARE POPPING UP ALL THE TIME - THEY'LL USE BRUSH ONE (SOT Capt. Michael Bronner, Springdale Fire Dept.) "anytime we're dispatched to a brush fire or any type of outside vegetation fire" RECENTLY THAT'S BEEN EVERYDAY. AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY (SOT Capt. Michael Bronner, Springdale Fire Dept.) "any time you have low humidity and the high winds and dry conditions, you're going to be put under a burn ban." RIGHT NOW, WASHINGTON COUNTY IS NOT UNDER A BURN BAN, BUT FIRE CREWS IN SPRINGDALE TELL US THEY DISCOURAGING RESIDENTS FROM STARTING ANY KIND OF OUTDOOR FIRES TONIGHT. REPORTING LIVE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, EMILY MAHER 40/29 NEWS. ROGERS, FAYETTEVILLE AND BENTONVILLE, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENTS, ALL HAVE BRUSH TRUCKS THEY USE TO TACKLE FAST- SPREADING GRASS FIRES.